Media Marco Ruas hitting the bag at 63 years old.

[Ludwig von Mises]

A lot of you young kids don't know about Marco Ruas but this guy was an absolute animal. An old school fighter who was tough and skilled. A man who really paved the way for Vale Tudo.

Ruas was a mentor of the legendary Pedro Rizzo and had a record of 9-4 with some damn good wins for the time. The amount of hespect this man has in the Brazzo combat sports world is unreal. Truly considered a legend in Brazil and not in a hype or gimmick kind of way.

He was well rounded for the time he fought in. He won some fights with striking, he beat the shit out of guys with brutal low kicks and won a handful of fights via heel hooks.

One of the few guys from those days who could have easily thrown down with some of the less well rounded HWs of today and would have easily won some and lost some which is pretty remarkable when you consider that his prime was in the 90s.

The King of the streets looks pretty good for a 63 year old man and still trains everyday. I hespect of heem.

 

[oski]

Brought us the foot stomps too.

bless

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

Looks great for his age, most sherdoggers would gas after one combination.

 

[axe wound]

Rewarded by a lifetime of fighting with a gym that was furnished by cash converters

 

[Fergelmince]

Marco Ruas, legit bad ass and MMA legend

 

[kingofthecans]

Jones vs Ruas for the belt next.

 

[Pierced7681]

Ruas is a legend but he ducked Rickson when Rickson dojo stormed him

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Ruas is a legend but he ducked Rickson when Rickson dojo stormed him

Can you elaborate?

 

[mjfan23]

Marco ruas= Mauricio ruas= shogun Rua.

Good to see him looking young as ever in the video.

 

[Pierced7681]

Can you elaborate?

You can google it, it’s a well known story

 

[Jin Akutsu]

Looking awesome, the Vale Tudo King of the Streets!

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

You can google it, it’s a well known story

 

[AmonTobin]

Marco Ruas, legit bad ass and MMA legend

Death by a 1000 calf kicks. At the 3:50 mark, Varelans tries a guillotine and announcer is like "calm down, he doesn't have it".
Joe Rogan would have been all over this shit. "He's got it! It's in tight!!" "OMG his legs are compromised!!"

 

[Kinniku]

Ruas is a legend but he ducked Rickson when Rickson dojo stormed him

Gracies storming dojos usually included them bringing guns

 

[HHJ]

Still the King of the streets.


RVT bitch

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Early on it was guys like Ruas Frye and Taktarov that I enjoyed most.
The Tanks, Kimos, and Kens never did it for me like for most early fans.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i believe this story. never heard a bad thing about Ruas and heard all kinds of terrible shit about the entire Gracie family, not even just the ones now but even their fathers/grandfathers did scumbag shit to OTHER BRAZILIANS back in the day.

 

[Khaosan]

Jake Paul gonna slide into his DMs for a fight.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

i believe this story. never heard a bad thing about Ruas and heard all kinds of terrible shit about the entire Gracie family, not even just the ones now but even their fathers/grandfathers did scumbag shit to OTHER BRAZILIANS back in the day.

I agree. I have trained with a lot of people from the old-school Rickson Gracie academy in LA before he left it to Kron. I have utmost hespect for Helio, Rickson, Renzo and for Royce.

The other Gracies? Not so much especially Rorion's side of the family tree. It seems that all they care about is money and controlling the community.

With that said I don't see what Rickson could have done to beat someone like Ruas who was bigger and more well rounded with enough grappling skill to negate Ricksons game which is why Rickson probably didn't want the fight to happen in front of the public.

 

[StonedLemur]

Marco Ruas, legit bad ass and MMA legend

Ruas in his prime beats a lot of guys today sir.